Costing the NHS
I'll write down things I remember learning about the NHS as I go along.
It costs £100,000 to buy an ambulance. That only gets you the vehicle. You also need cash to train the paramedics to staff the ambulance. And you need to pay their wages. And keep on updating their skills.
You also need £150,000 to pay for the equipment inside the ambulance that will save a patient's life on a regular basis. And that needs to be regularly updated too.
The total cost per ambulance is about £1,250,000. The Greater Glasgow area needs 12 of these ambulances, fully equipped, constantly up-dated and staffed by dedicated, trained professionals.
Anybody got £15 million quid floating about?
The Job: I don't care how hard you work at your job. There is no tired like NHS tired. There's the physical slog up and down the corridors. Nobody runs, but sometimes you hear 'purposeful' footsteps as nurses, doctors, auxiliaries and porters move into action. Not everyone gets a long enough break during a shift.
Everybody wears good shoes, often by Hotter or Skecher. They must go through a lot of shoes. I wonder if they get a footwear allowance. Or just buy them from their ridiculously high wages. (sarcasm alert).
The NHS needs more staff. Especially more nursing staff and auxiliaries. And they need shorter shifts and proper breaks. I wonder what the 'burn-out rate' is for nurses. It tends to be doctors we feel sorry for. But we spend a lot of money training nurses. Do they give up? Go on to bank nursing or join an agency. Move out of emergency nursing to a role that's less pressurised
I thought the EU's working time directive had done away with overworking, but I met a doctor starting a cycle of 102 working hours over the New Year.
And you can bet your boots the Tories will waste no time in getting rid of NHS staff protection under the law. I don't ever want us to lose that moment when nurses and auxiliaries tell you 'I love my job'.
It costs £100,000 to buy an ambulance. That only gets you the vehicle. You also need cash to train the paramedics to staff the ambulance. And you need to pay their wages. And keep on updating their skills.
You also need £150,000 to pay for the equipment inside the ambulance that will save a patient's life on a regular basis. And that needs to be regularly updated too.
The total cost per ambulance is about £1,250,000. The Greater Glasgow area needs 12 of these ambulances, fully equipped, constantly up-dated and staffed by dedicated, trained professionals.
Anybody got £15 million quid floating about?
The Job: I don't care how hard you work at your job. There is no tired like NHS tired. There's the physical slog up and down the corridors. Nobody runs, but sometimes you hear 'purposeful' footsteps as nurses, doctors, auxiliaries and porters move into action. Not everyone gets a long enough break during a shift.
Everybody wears good shoes, often by Hotter or Skecher. They must go through a lot of shoes. I wonder if they get a footwear allowance. Or just buy them from their ridiculously high wages. (sarcasm alert).
The NHS needs more staff. Especially more nursing staff and auxiliaries. And they need shorter shifts and proper breaks. I wonder what the 'burn-out rate' is for nurses. It tends to be doctors we feel sorry for. But we spend a lot of money training nurses. Do they give up? Go on to bank nursing or join an agency. Move out of emergency nursing to a role that's less pressurised
I thought the EU's working time directive had done away with overworking, but I met a doctor starting a cycle of 102 working hours over the New Year.
And you can bet your boots the Tories will waste no time in getting rid of NHS staff protection under the law. I don't ever want us to lose that moment when nurses and auxiliaries tell you 'I love my job'.
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